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Impressionist Cats & Dogs: Pets in the Painting of Modern Life

Door James Henry Rubin

Categorie	Schilderkunst
Boeknummer	#399209-LA4
Titel	Impressionist Cats & Dogs: Pets in the Painting of Modern Life
Auteur	Rubin, James Henry
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	New Haven/London : Yale University Press
Jaar van uitgave	2003
ISBN10	0300098731
ISBN13	9780300098730
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original black boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, numerous (full page) illustrations mostly in colour, 4to.
Samenvatting	Many Impressionist paintings of modern life and leisure include images of household pets. Their appealing presence lends charm to such works while alluding to middle-class prosperity and the growing importance of animals as family members. In many cases, such domestic denizens significantly complement representations of their owners. In certain others, the devotion of individual artists to their pets symbolically enhances their expressions of artistic identity. This enjoyable and informative book focuses on the role of pets in Impressionist pictures and what this reveals about art, artists, and society of that era. James H. Rubin discusses works in which artists paint themselves or their friends in the company of their pets, including several paintings by Courbet (who was fond of dogs) and... (Lees verder) Manet (a notorious lover of cats). He points out that in some works by Degas, dogs contribute to the artist's commentary on psychological and social relationships, and that in paintings by Renoir, dogs and cats have playful and erotic overtones. He also offers a theory to explain why Monet almost never painted pets. Drawing on early pet handbooks and treatises on animal intelligence, Rubin explores nineteenth-century opinions on cats and dogs and compares handbook illustrations to the animals shown in Impressionist works. He also provides fascinating information on pet ownership and on the place of Impressionism in the long history of animal painting.
Pagina's	144
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 10,00

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